[intro music] Hello friends, and welcome to another video. This week, I'm gonna be getting a K-Pop style makeover, and maybe even becoming a bonafide K-Pop stan. Now if you've been basically anywhere on the Internet at all over the last couple of years, you've probably been exposed to "K-POP!" From stan wars on Twitter to meme compilation videos on Youtube, as well as legions of confused BTS fans on any Behind-The-Scenes videos. But regardless, it's true that K-Pop, or Korean pop music, has gone from popular internationally to like, EXPLOSIVE internationally, with performance and music videos garnering hundreds of millions of views, and groups like BTS and Blackpink going on world tours, headlining major music festivals, and appearing on every late-night talk show imaginable. "HEY JIMMY!" "YEAH!?" "I'M JIMIN!!" And besides the highly polished singing and dancing, and the extremely extra music videos, another huge element of K-Pop is the style, as in the numerous over-the-top fashions that their stars wear in music videos and during performances like neon feather tube tops, what look like baby blue thigh-high Uggs, and ever-changing pastel hair colors. So I figured that our travels to South Korea this year would be a perfect opportunity for me to get my own dramatic K-Pop-style makeover. And to do this, we're gonna be teaming up with a whole squad of stylists in Seoul who have worked with actual K-Pop artists before to help me achieve a head to toe look: an outfit, hair, and makeup. And maybe along the way, we'll be able to answer the age-old questions of: just why is K-Pop so popular? What actually is Gangnam Style, anyway? And most importantly... "John Cena, are you ARMY?" Alright. Let's go. Now, as someone who didn't know a whole lot about K-Pop before making this video, I tried to do my research before our trip to Seoul and this is sort of what I got a feel for in terms of like, how the industry works. As a quick disclaimer though, I am still new to this, so I don't mean to offend any stans if for whatever reason we don't include specific groups or performers. Please don't come for my wig. Or my merkin. So basically, the K-Pop industry is run by like, a handful of production companies that sort of put together boy and girl groups from pools of young trainees through, like, a very rigorous selection process. And once these groups debut, after years of practicing and polishing, these production companies basically manage them, schedule their many appearances and performances, and produce their albums, their music videos, and also their, like, vlog-style reality shows. "Grr"
"All done" "Rrah"
"Finished!" "I know his face" There are solo performers as well, but there's a lot of focus on the groups. And besides being performers, these K-Pop stars, also known as "idols", also become major influencers with their looks, their style, as well as with the products they promote, with some idols even getting sponsorships to wear certain things to the airport. It's called "airport fashion". And you really witness their omnipresence firsthand as soon as you land in Seoul, because pretty much everywhere you turn, there is K-Pop, from bank ads to contact lens merchants, to adjacent skincare stores, and I heard from some people in Seoul that you know a K-Pop idol has made it when they have a chicken sponsorship. "BBQ!" Obviously, every country uses celebrities to promote products and places, but it's an impressive spread. And because these idols can be so influential, their images are quite carefully curated by master stylists, who pretty much dress them from head-to-toe for every occasion. So to start our makeover, we were gonna be visiting a K-Pop stylist who was gonna help me pick out my outfit. So in Seoul, we were staying in Myeong-dong area, which is a touristy but fun and busy shopping neighborhood. But to meet up with our stylist, we had to cross the Han River to get to the Gangnam area. Yes, THAT Gangnam. So we were joined by our friend HojuSara, a Seoul-based Youtuber "Hello, I'm Korean loving HojuSara" as well as a self-proclaimed K-Pop stan who was going to be acting as our guide and translator. So we hopped on the subway to get across town. Sara: "So we're going to the Gangnam area, but specifically Apgujeong, which is in Gangnam, 'cause Gangnam's massive, so there's like, a small part of it." Gangnam is definitely a nicer part of Seoul, but it's more of a general term than I originally thought. I guess it's less like the Upper East Side and more like saying "the entire island of Manhattan". So on our way over there, I asked Sara, as a K-Pop fan, what she thought was a current trend that our stylist might put me in. Sara: "I feel like, and maybe it's just I really hope, that they put you in, like, a leather harness, 'cause I see so much of that like, in K-Pop, on like, the posters, and seeing as you really love black, I feel like you would work well with the kind of like, combat boot look-." Safiya: "Like the Lara Croft?" I had actually noticed this trend a bit as well, and I would not have been opposed to something like that. Sara: "I wanna see it, yeah. I wanna see lots and lots of leather straps." Safiya: "And if we don't get leather straps today, you know, we can always just do that on our own." ( Ν‘Β° ΝΚ Ν‘Β°) that's kinky...careful sof there are kids watching So after about thirty minutes on the train, we arrived in Apgujeong and walked over to the fashionable clothing boutique boy+, where we were going to be meeting our stylist, Ms. Jung. And Ms. Jung has worked with popular acts such as Sunmi, April, KARD, fromis_9, as well as... And she picked out this store in particular because it's frequented by a lot of K-Pop stylists for everything from outrageous music video looks to more toned-down street wear. Safiya: "Ohh." Safiya: So we have everything in here. Ms. Jung: Yeah. Safiya: Awesome. The clothes in this shop are also inspired by current K-Pop stars, with different sections themed around the signature styles and concepts of different groups. Safiya: Mhm. Like plaid and houndstooth patterns inspired by the popular girl group TWICE, a section of bold and shiny statement pieces, Safiya: "Whoa! heheheh That's awesome." As well as on the other side of the store, cute and preppy looks inspired by groups like Weki Meki, who is one of the groups that Ms. Jung styles. Safiya: "Yeah, I've been stalking your Instagram." Sara: She's like, "There's only my son on there." Safiya: Yeah, he's so cute! Ms. Jung: Ah, yeah, thank you! Safiya: Very stylish. And apparently, pastel colors and gingham skirts are quite a popular look for K-pop girl groups. boy+ also has a healthy dose of just generally trendy stuff, like bright neon colors. Sara: It's like the biggest trend in Korea at the moment, it's like, the neons, particularly neon green, there's a lot.
Ms. Jung: Yes. But I feel like the division in the store between the swaggy and the sweet stuff sort of reflects the two major poles of K-Pop female idol fashion. Like a cutesy, youthful look, stan loona or like a sexy, glam, tougher style. And a lot of the groups seem to sort of evolve through the different styles, like starting off kind of schoolgirl and then becoming more glamorous, or like mixing up their fashion to match the different concepts of their songs. Safiya: What is your preferred style that you like to put artists in? Sara: The choreography.
Ms. Jung: Choreography. Sara: It's more fun to do.
Ms. Jung: Yeah. So with all of that explained, it was time to jump in. Safiya: Alright, so shall we pick out some outfits? Ms. Jung: Alright, okay. We were gonna pick out three options to try on and then choose one to be our final outfit. And first up was a summery lime green look. Safiya: Oh, that's great! Safiya: Oh, like a crossbody fanny pack?
Ms. Jung: Yes, yes, yes, yes. And I guess we were considering this sort of our trendy neon option. Tyler: You look like a melon! Safiya: Well, I haven't even worn it yet. Ms. Jung: No! Tyler: It's good! Sara: There's an ice cream in Korea called Melona which is, like, this bright, like, green ice cream and I just like...it's that. Safiya: I'll look very tasty. Safiya: Alright, perfect, awesome. Option 1? Ms. Jung: Yeah, option 1. Next up, we wanted to pick out a tough/glam outfit, and much to Sara's delight, waiting for us on that rack was a leather harness ready to be paired with a shiny cropped jacket. Safiya: Yesss. As well as a red top with black buckle accents... Safiya: Yeah, I think I could probably squeeze into it. ...to complete our second look. Safiya: Alright, so this is the...what do you call this? Sexy? Ms. Jung: Yeah.
Safiya: The sexy look. Safiya: Mm, yeah. Then we zipped over to the other side of the store... Safiya: Just sneakin' in. Just holding my haul. ...to find our third option, which was supposed to be a sweet and preppy look that included a pink matching sweater set and a little pink beret. Safiya: Yeah? Safiya: Is this a good look? And with our options in hand, Safiya: Where- where am I going? This way?
Ms. Jung: There, there. Safiya: There. This way. I was sent off to the dressing room. Safiya: Alright, I'm gonna go try this on. One at a time. Not all at once. And first up was our trendy neon green look. Tyler: Oh, wow!
Safiya: Hello. Ms. Jung: Very cute Safiya: I am the melon ice cream. Safiya: Oh wow! This is cool. Tyler: This is really cool! Safiya: This is very different. What do you think? Safiya: Very cute? Ms. Jung had mentioned that a big reason that lime green is so much in the, uh LIMElight is that Pantone selected it as a trending color of the summer. Safiya: Oh, it does? Thank you! In addition to the green dress, we also added a bunch of bright barrettes, which seem to be popular amongst K-Pop idols, as well as a pair of my own Nike sneakers that I brought from home, as it seems like it's also a trend to pair flowy dresses with chunky sneakers or dad shoes. As for me, I actually really liked the lime green. Safiya: I think it makes it not so girly. You know what I mean? It's a little bit, like, a cool color. And the outfit itself seemed decently comfortable for summer. Safiya: It's not too tight, I feel, like, a cool breeze. I'm likin' it. But although it was a fun look, we were ready to see something a little more dramatic. Safiya: Which one shall we do next? Safiya: Ah yes. The harness one. You might have to help me get into it. I dunno which way I go in.
Ms. Jung: Okay. How do I enter it. And as I predicted, I did actually need a fair amount of help, but after some finagling, I eventually got in and barged out of the dressing room. Safiya: What do you think? Safiya: Yeah? Is this a vibe? Oh my- wow! Wow. Wow! I was a tall drink of Fruity Pebbles. Safiya: This jacket is amazing! Safiya: I am obsessed with this jacket.
Tyler: Yeah. In addition to the things we had picked out, I was also wearing my own cargo pants that I had brought from home as backup, just in case my thighs were too juicy for the K-Pop idol sizes. Sara: Right, right. She's like, "it really suits you". I agree.
Safiya: Yeah? Ms. Jung: Yeah!
Sara: Can you please wear that as airport fashion? Safiya: Yes. "Safiya spotted at airport" "in unknown harness situation." Safiya: Yeah, that's true. The harness trend in K-Pop has been around for a little while, not necessarily started, but definitely memed into oblivion, as a result of BTS's use of leather body harnesses during their "Fake Love" era. And since then, variations on the harness have been seen on boy and girl groups alike, including our outfit inspo BLACKPINK who rock a Lara Croft/seductive seatbelt vibe in their "Kill This Love" music video. Sara: so this is the kind of thing people would wear, like, at a concert or something, you know. It's a very popular style for concerts 'cause it's very visual.
Safiya: Mm. Sara: Oh, and also the lighting picks up on it really well. Safiya: Mm.
Sara: Like, the concert lighting. Safiya: Yeah. I definitely see that. I feel like from far away, I could be seen. Safiya: Yeah, no it's not a K-Pop move. It's just my dance move. Overall, I think we all liked it. Sara: It's like a sexy train conductor. And I think beyond just "wow", there were a lot of things to say about it. Safiya: I have a very vague, like, marching band feel. Ms. Jung: Oh yeah, marching band.
Safiya: 'Cause of the hat, yeah, like, kinda like a... Safiya: But like, a fashionable marching band person. But before we got too attached, we had to try on our final option. Safiya: Yeah, let's try on the third one, shall we? Now, I did encounter a bit of a speed bump when trying on the third outfit. And that bump was my booty because the pink skirt was really not gonna make it over the hill. So in lieu of Hulk-ing out of the sweater set, Ms. Jung picked out an alternative girlish, cute look for me that could work with one of the miniskirts I had brought from home. Safiya: What do you think? Safiya: I haven't seen myself, so I can't say anything. Safiya: Oh. More. More bags. Now, aside from the crossbody bag, this new option consisted of a short sleeve button down with heart-shaped buttons, a plaid beret, and cherry statement earrings, along with my houndstooth skirt and chunky white sneakers. Safiya: Oh!
Tyler: Yeah! Safiya: Oh, it's very cute! Oh, I love it actually. I love the bag. And I think we were all kind of digging the look. Sara: It really does. It seems like this was the most typical K-Pop girl group look out of all of our options. Safiya: I like the sort of like, slight puff at the shoulder. Safiya: Oh, like a little cap sleeve, kind of?
Tyler: Yeah. And I was feeling pretty peppy and preppy. Safiya: Yeah, I kind of look like a very cute golfer. You know what I mean? Safiya: Ohh, yeah. Safiya: Should we go golfing? Sara: Now I can't unsee it.
Safiya: Yeah. And I think this one was actually a pretty strong contender to be our final outfit. Safiya: I think my two favorites are this look and then the previous look with the harness. What do you think? Safiya: Oh, yeah? So although this was more of a traditional girl group style, I think we were all fans of the sexy train conductor look. Safiya: I think we had the harness in mind when we came in, so to leave without a harness would be a shame. And besides the harness trend, the other elements of the outfit actually also played into different K-pop themes, like the tinsel fringe being good for movement in performances, and the cargo pant actually being a trend itself as like, an alternative girl idol look. And I definitely feel some BLACKPINK spirit in it, kind of like Lisa-ish because they seem to put her in pants a lot. But I also see shades of other girl groups like Red Velvet, (G)I-DLE, and ITZY amongst others. Safiya: So next up, we have to get a makeup and a hair look,
Ms. Jung: Oh! and then we can complete our K-Pop makeover and then go out into Seoul and see what people think of me, I guess. So we thanked the marvelous Ms. Jung for all of her help... Safiya: Oh, I'm glad! and moved onwards to the next phase of our makeover. So the next day, we headed over once again to Gangnam, but this time to the Cheongdam neighborhood, to get to Jenny House Primo, which is a very impressive multi-storied gold and marble luxury beauty salon which has been visited by a fair amount of Korean celebrities like K-Pop groups Wanna One, I.O.I, SEVENTEEN, VIXX, and TVXQ. And for my makeover, we were gonna be working with hair stylist Taesung and makeup artist In Ha. They had given us our own room on the top floor that featured two vanities teeming with makeup. Safiya: I'm very excited. There's like, such an intense spread to my left right here. Like, I've never seen this much makeup out, except for maybe when we make our, like, crazy melting makeup series. So I kind of feel like we're gonna make, like, a Korean Fraken-blush right now. But I know that's not the point of what's happening. Safiya: No. That's not what we're gonna be doing. And they were gonna be taking a simultaneous pass at my face and my hair so it's all just gonna be like one segment. They're all just gonna attack me me at once. Safiya: Alright, should we get started? Taesung: Let's go! Safiya: Awesome! So they started prepping me from the ground up. Safiya: I'm being groomed. Shampooing and blow-drying my hair, as well as cleansing and applying serums to my skin. Safiya: Is the smacking to help it get in? Sara: It's so it absorbs into your skin better. Safiya: Yeah, it's a loving slap. Safiya: A love tap! And once I was fully prepped, it was time to make a game plan. Saf: For the makeup, what kind of look are we going for? Now for my face, In Ha wanted to make sure that the makeup matched the glam vibe of our outfit. Sara: So, like, a more stronger idol makeup look, she was thinking. I think in general, K-Pop makeup tends to mirror a lot of K-beauty trends, which favor clear, dewy skin, rosy stained lips, and usually warmer-toned eyeshadow looks. But for today, we were gonna be adding a bit more color and shimmer, and just generally turning up the volume. Sara: So for you today, she's gonna go with, like, a burgundy look.
Safiya: Awesome. Sara: Which I think would go really well with like, the red and everything. Safiya: Yeah, and the purple tinsel jacket. As for my hair, Taesung also had some fancy ideas. He had seen a hairstyle on Jennie from BLACKPINK that he was inspired by, which was kind of like a half-up half-down look with long, wavy tresses. Sara: So they've prepared extensions for you to add in.
Safiya: Oh! Safiya: That looks good! There are a lot of different hair looks in K-Pop, but I would say that female idols tend to have long hair that they can swish around. So extensions were not a bad idea. But given that everything was happening at once, we're gonna explain the makeup first. And In Ha started off by slathering me with some foundation... Safiya: She is kind of buttering me with like, a dull knife, but I like it. ...to achieve that even, dewy complexion. After that, we moved on to pink and peach shimmery eyeshadow and dark brown smudged eyeliner. She then proceeded to flame and approach my eyelashes with a wooden skewer. Safiya: Whoa, what was that? Sara: So this is really common in Korea because they were like, if you heat the eyelashes, they curl better. I had never heard of this before, and though it was slightly scary, it was also pretty cool. Safiya: I smell toasted. Safiya: It looks good. In addition to that, In Ha added some small iridescent sequins on my lower lash line. Sara: It's a trend in kind of like, crystals or like, pearls like, around the eyes. And this eye bling trend has been seen on male and female idols, notably on singer Chungha. Safiya: Do they look like beautiful tears? Tyler: Kind of.
Safiya: Yeah. I'm like, emotional. After that, In Ha added some fake lashes and then barbecued those too. Safiya: More roasting? Safiya: Yes. More roasting. From there, she tried to tame my overgrown eyenbrow hedges. Safiya: Oh, I'm getting chopped. And then finally, she added a pink mousse-y lip color to finish off my face. In Ha: Okay.
Safiya: Yeah? Safiya: Awesome! What do you think, Ty? Tyler: You look great!
Safiya: I love it. I was really pleased with how the makeup turned out but we didn't have too much time to dwell on it right then, as Taesung had just been rolling right along with my hair, adding the extensions in kind of section by section. Sara: It's looking very lush back here. Safiya: I can feel it. I feel something growing. Besides long hair, Taesung mentioned that another big thing in K-Pop hair is dyeing it a lot. Sara: So there's, like, a lot of, like, really vivid colors that they dye their hair. Tyler: Which is why we're making your hair blue today, Safiya. That wasn't actually our plan, but I was curious as to what color Taesung would recommend for me if I was actually an idol. Sara: He was like, um, so, a red, but not like a deep red. More like a pastel red. Safiya: Mm.
Sara: Like, with a lot of white as a base. Safiya: Ohh. But returning to our Jennie hairstyle, we started floofing the hair at the crown of my head... Safiya: I like the volume I'm seeing up here. For one moment it's '80s. ...and spraying down my waves. Safiya: I feel like a mermaid. Ope. Now I feel like I'm in an aquarium. Oh heyo, I'm back. Oh, I'm back. Ope, nope, just kidding, good bye. Next, he pulled back the hair from the top part of my head to create that half-up look, and then turned his attention to styling the baby hairs around my face. Safiya: Oh, he's curling my sideburns. It's happening. They're being incorporated into the look. I'm pleased. From there, he started crafting our top bun, which was supposed to look sort of like a blooming rose sprouting from my scalp. Safiya: It's so cute, I love it. It's just a li'l baby bun. Oh yeah. Spray that sucker down. Taesung then went into a sort of snipping mode. Sara: Are you alright if he cuts these little bits here?
Safiya: Sure. Sara: It's quite a, like, popular trend in Korea at the moment. Safiya: Oh.
Sara: It looks a bit cuter and it makes your face look smaller. And there were no tendrils left untrimmed. Safiya: Are my sideburns the right length though? Sara: He's like, oh, I can cut the bottom of it then. Safiya: If you want to, yeah.
Sara: Oh. Sara: Done.
Safiya: Oh. Sara: It happened. Taesung: Byebye. Safiya: Just a li'l snip. I was then declared almost finished. Safiya: So, now I'm just gonna go put on my outfit and then we'll do, like, final touches at the end just to make sure I didn't mess it up by putting on my harness. So I headed back to the dressing room and Sara volunteered as tribute to help me get buckled up. Safiya: Just gettin' strapped in! And I think we figured out that you're actually supposed to step in to the harness so the straps kind of lay on your hips, rather than just being threaded through your groin. Sara: Because then you're supposed to hang, like, suspenders or something from there...? I was thinking it was too crotch-based yesterday. Which I think was mostly my bad. Safiya: Like, we were having a hard time figuring it out and then I was like, oh let's put it here! But regardless, we eventually got the harness on properly. Tyler: You're like a BTS meme right now. Right? You got all the...
Safiya: Oh. I thought you were gonna say BTSM. Tyler: No.
Safiya: That's where my head was at. Tyler: That was better. And I think it was all starting to come together. Safiya: Watch out. I'm approaching your area. It's supposed to be a BLACKPINK sort of reference. Tyler: It made sense to me. It did, actually.
Sara: I got that. I got that. BLACKPINK's in the area. She's coming to your area. So I donned my glittery jacket... Safiya: Hello. ...and returned to the chair to get finished off. Taesung: Wow.
Sara: They're saying it's so pretty. Safiya: Oh, you like it?
Taesung: Wow. Taesung: Unbelievable. I was glad to hear that Taesung and In Ha were fans of the outfit. Sara: If you walk around like this, people are gonna think that you're, like, a foreign idol.
Safiya: Mm. Tyler: You're from the exotic land of Glendale. And after some final curling... Safiya: Oh hold on, sorry. The jacket's coming in. ...and a little glitter in the eyebrows, our look was done. Taesung: Okay. Finished!
Safiya: Completely finished? Taesung: Yeah.
Safiya: Wow! Safiya: I love it. I've been looking at myself for a while, so it's not like a reveal. It's not like I'm like, oh my god, look at it. No, I've been looking at it. It looks so good. Overall, I was really impressed by the hair and makeup transformation that had occured on my head. In particular, I really liked the stained-looking lips as well as the rhinestones around the eyes, and the extensions and the top bun really had me feeling stage-ready. Plus, the sideburn trim was a nice bonus. So we thanked Taesung and In Ha for all of their help... Safiya: Yeah! Awesome! ...and stepped outside to see the full outfit in all its glory. Which after all of our shopping, slapping, and snipping, ended up being a tendriled-strapped BLACKPINK-inspired ensemble that made me feel both like an idol and also like a wall of glitter. Safiya: So now that we have our final K-pop makeover look, it's time to wander around Seoul and do some sort of K-Pop idol-ish things. In particular, we had outlined a few locations to visit that are K-pop related, and/or frequented by K-Pop idols. And our first stop was SM Entertainment, one of the large K-Pop production companies who rep groups like Red Velvet, EXO, and Girls' Generation. In addition to being, like, where groups actually come to practice and record, SMTOWN also has a cafΓ© out front where fans hang out hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite idol. Tyler: 'Cause you're dressed like that. They're like, we don't want you out there. And on their cafΓ© menu, they have idol-themed items, like Red Velvet cupcakes... Tyler: Skewer it. I'm gonna shotgun that thing. ...as like, merch for the different members of Red Velvet. Safiya: Mmm. It's so good. They also designate on the menu which items are certain groups' favorites so you can drink what they drink. Tyler: Ah. Besides the cafΓ©, they also have a pretty decked-out gift shop on the same floor selling, like, their groups' posters, albums, and concert cheering sticks. Tyler: Yeah, you're holding it like that. Which is what the fans will wave around in the audience during performances. Overall, I really enjoyed my visit to the SM headquarters. Tyler: The similarities are uncanny! Whether they enjoyed me visiting or not. But it was time for us to move on to our 2nd destination. So we hopped into a cab and headed across Gangnam to the next stop on our proverbial K-Pop map of fame. Safiya: Alright. Safiya: So now a lot of BTS fans come here Tyler: Like us. Laundry Pizza is first and foremost a pizza restaurant with, like, laundomat-themed decor. But over the last couple of years, it's also been a popular place for K-Pop groups to shoot music videos or do photoshoots, so it's sort of evolved into an Instagram destination where people go to, like, generally soak in BTS's aura and pose like them. I'm not sure if I successfully recreated their shoot, but we did eat some pizza and I also did some dancing. That no one requested. Tyler: No, no, you're not. So from there, we went on our way, catching a little bit of afternoon sun. Safiya: Wait, where is it? There we go, there we go.
Tyler: And there it is! And then bopping over to stop number three, our final destination of the day, DDP, or Dongdaemun Design Plaza, which is sort of like this huge, silver spaceship-looking building where they host Seoul Fashion Week, K-Pop award shows, and also, I think, like, a generally popular place to be photographed, take photographs, and pose. Tyler: And maybe even film K-Pop music videos.
Safiya: Yes. Definitely. Safiya: But like, matured. Tyler: If The Bean sprouted!
Safiya: ...that's not bad. So after taking a few futuristic-looking Instagrams, we attempted a couple of medium-executed slow-mo walks, kind of to mimic a music video shot. Tyler: I don't- I don't know. Which did actually showcase the outfit pretty well. Like, the tinsel was flowing, the straps were containing, the sideburns were windswept, and there was even an opportunity for a scandalous Jimin-style shoulder reveal But unfortunately, while all wrapped up in the moment, ...we forgot about Tyler. Tyler: Yeah, f**k. And after Tyler absolutely ate it on, like, a bollard or something, it seemed about time to wrap it up. Tyler: Alright, you wanna rock and roll? Okay! So that was my K-Pop makeover. Overall, I had a bit of a blast in the outfit and a great time bouncing around Seoul. Safiya: Whoa! And I feel like I learned a lot about K-Pop style and some of the tropes that they use to like, express the different tones of the groups and performers. Tyler: This is swag. I think I actually liked everything about this look to be honest. My only real complaint was that the jacket got a bit frazzled and crimped getting in and out of cabs all day. So I think it might be meant more for like, a single, three-minute performance. Now I will admit that while doing our research, I have fallen down the K-Pop suggested video rabbit hole and become a K-Pop stan, which sort of has helped me develop a working theory as to just why K-Pop might be so popular. Now in general, K-Pop's international reach is considered to be part of what's known as Hallyu, or the "Korean Wave". AKA, the increased relevance of South Korean pop culture on the global stage since the late '90s. But as for its more recent explosiveness in the West, I think that Youtube itself is playing a huge role because once you click on one video, there's so much K-Pop content on the platform to algorithmically refer to you. It's hard not to get sucked in because you can just keep watching. From performances, to dance practices, to Korean variety shows, it's sort of easy for your entire homepage to just turn into K-Pop. And on top of that, there's also legions of eager fans on the platform trying to promote their faves by adding subtitles to any and every video they can, and making countless compilation and meme videos to contribute to the stream. In fact, when I think about it, it's actually almost miraculous that I haven't fallen into the K-Pop hole until now, but I am happy to be here. I guess you could say this is my debut. I think next up on my K-Pop checklist is to 1) start wearing more harnesses and 2) learn how to dance. Just for everyone's benefit. Thank you guys so much for watching, and once again, a huge thank you to Sara, Ms. Jung, Taesung, and In Ha for all of their help with our makeover. And also to boy+, Jenny House, and the SM Cafe for allowing us to film. If you liked that video, make sure to shmash that like button, and if you wanna see more videos like this, make sure to shmash that subscribe button. Here are my social media handles, and a big shoutout to trixie for watching. Thanks for watching, trixie, and I will see you guys a-next time.
Her hair turned out gorgeous. The soft curls really work for her and I love the baby hairs framing her face. I know itβs not the style she usually goes for and would be a pain in the ass to do yourself regularly but it looks so good! Iβd love to see her with it or something similar again.
This is her best makeover.
1) All the professionals did amazing jobs
2) I want a harness
3) She'd look AMAZING in that hair color the hair stylist recommended, even the bad photoshop looked dope already
I loved her brows in her kpop look they just trimmed them a bit thinner and its suits her face so much better! I also think they filled them in more naturally than saf's regular super dark brow look. Good brows are a game changer they literally change your whole face. Her eyes just looked much more open with that eye look as well. The makeup was perfect!
I know absolutely nothing about K-Pop and very little about Korean beauty but I have to say I love how this turned out. She looked adorable.
I love the end result. She looked amazing.
I want that jacket. I would wear it nowhere but I want it.
Her hair and makeup were freaking stunning.
The way that makeup artist applied her foundation... I found to be equal parts intriguing and bizarre.